Marcellus Shale and
Natural Gas Well Development
Regulatory
Project
Review Regulations and Project Fee Schedule
Forms
and Applications (includes Approval by Rule procedures for 18 CFR
806.22(f))
Standard
Docket Conditions for Gas Wells
Projects
Scheduled for Action
Final
Rulemaking: Natural Gas Well Development Projects
On December
4, the commissioners approved final rulemaking regarding the review of
consumptive water use for natural gas well development. The final rulemaking
goes into effect January 15, 2009.
Signage
Posting Example
SRBC
Resources
Natural
Gas Well Development in the Susquehanna River Basin (SRBC Information
Sheet)
September
30, 2008 SRBC Testimony Before PA House Environmental Resources and Energy
Committee
Accommodating
a New Straw in the Water: Extracting Natural Gas from the Marcellus Shale
in the Susquehanna River Basin (SRBC White Paper)
SRBC's
Marcellus Shale and Gas Well Drilling Presentations*
Gas
Well Drilling Update - Commission Meeting (9/11/08)
Marcellus Shale Occurence
in the Susquehanna River Basin

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Gas Well Approval by Rule (ABR) Locations
in the Susquehanna River Basin

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Related
Press Releases
April
15, 2009
SRBC
TAKES ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST NATURAL GAS DRILLER
December
4, 2008
SRBC
STREAMLINES REVIEW OF NATURAL GAS WELL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS, PROTECTS
WATER RESOURCES (EDITOR'S NOTE: The effective
date of the regulations referenced in this press release was subsequently
assigned as January 15, 2009.)
September
22, 2008
SRBC
TO CONDUCT HEARINGS ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO STREAMLINE REVIEW OF NATURAL
GAS WELL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS, PROTECT WATER RESOURCES
August
15, 2008
SRBC
TO REQUIRE ALL NATURAL GAS WELL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE SUSQUEHANNA
BASIN TO OBTAIN PRIOR APPROVAL REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT OF WATER USED
June
6, 2008
SRBC NOTIFIES 23 COMPANIES THAT WATER USED FOR DEVELOPING NATURAL GAS
WELLS IN SUSQUEHANNA BASIN NEEDS APPROVAL
Related Links
Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP)
New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)
Article: Marcellus
Shale - Appalachian Basin Natural Gas Play (Geology.com)
Water
Resources and Natural Gas Production from Marcellus
Shale Fact
Sheet (USGS)
Impacts
of Gas Drilling of Water Resources* (NY Water Resources Institute-PDF
of Powerpoint)
*
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